Cushion heel



A. K. POMEROY.

CUSHION HEEL. APPLICATION FILED JAN.28, 1921.

RENEWED DEC. 22,1921.

Patented Oct. 17, 1922- V will INVENTOR Arfiawr l. Fame/my L: wrmss ATTORNEY l atented 117, i822.

ARTHUR. H. POMEROY, 0F WAS:HING'ION, DISTRICT OF COLUll IEIA, ASSIGNOE T0 FRANK HIGGINS, OF RGCKVILLE,,MARYLAND, TRUSTEE FOR THE SHARE- Z-1'OLDERSOF THE INTERNATIQNAE SHGE EEEL COREORATTON.

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. Application filed January as, 1e21 Serial No. lat ces. Renewed December 22,1321. Serial No. steam.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that l, ARTHUR K. PoMnRoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at v fashin, ;ton, in the] District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cushion Heels, of which the following is a specification. r p

This invention relates to cushion or shock absorber heels and it consists'in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention isto provide a cushion or shock absorber heel ,with' means for easily and quickly assembling the. heel and then attaching the same to a heel seat of a shoe in a manner to elliciently hold the heel in position thereon.

Another object of the invention is to improve thestructure'of a heel, whereby maximum resiliency is attained, and at the same time the structure is preserved in a simple and durable form. I p 1 With these objects'in view, the heel struc- 'ture includes a cushion insert provided at its, upper side with a recess. adapted to receive a metallic plate. Alining openings are in the cushion insert and a leather lift which also forms a part of theheel. Securing; 'devices are, passed transversely through the alining openings of thelea-ther lift, the in-' sert, and the plate and. secure the said lift, the insert and the plate in position upon the heel of the shoe. The said insert is provided with a series of openings, and a lift is secured to the lower face of the insert and closes the said openings at one end and the heel seat of the shoe closes the upper end of said openings, whereby plenums of air are retained in the openings. A top lift is applied to the last mentioned lift in the usual manner.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a shoe with the cushion heel applied.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the cushion insert of theheel, the metallic plate also being shown and a portion thereofis broken awa Figure 3 is an under, plan view of the same.

Figure 4 is an under plan view of the metallic plate, which fits in the recess of the cushion insert.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of elastic material, preferably rubber.

the heel structure cut on the line 5-5 of Figure 3. I

. The cushion or shock absorber heel, as shown in Figure 1, comprises an insert 1 of The said insert is provided at its'upper side with a continuous recess 2, shown in Figure 2,

the outer edge ofwhich is spaced approximately at a uniform distance from the edge of the said insert. A metallic plate 4 is adapted to snugly'fitin the recess 2. The

insert 1 is provided at spaced intervals with openings 7, as shownin Figure 1 of the drawings. in the recess 2, and the upper surface of the said plate is flush with, or may be set below the upper surface of the insert 1, as

best shown in Figures 1 and 5 of the draw- 'ii1 gs. The plate 4: is provided with a series Of openings 5 openings 6.

The insert 1 is also provlded at the bottom of the recess 2 with a series of transverse pockets 3, wh ch aline with another series of transverse "openings or pockets designated by the numeral 8 in the leather lift 11. 'The said leather lift 11 is applied to the under side of theihsert 1,.and closes the. lower ends of the openings in the insert 1, and the heel seat 10'of the shoe closes the upper ends of said openings for the retention of plenurns of air within suitable heads as shown at 8, to engage against the upper surface ofthe plate a in a manner similar to the corresponding devices shown in my Patent No. 1,162,709.

The recesses 2, in the insert 1, can be deepened sufficiently to allow space between nail head 8 and the base of the heel seat to admit of longitudinal action of nail 12. In the latter case a bufier with holes therein to accommodate heads 8 can be placed between the steel plate and the base of the heel seat, thereby providing an opening for heads 8, without cutting the same into the heel seat. Said bufler can be made of leather, leatherboard-of fiber and shaped to conform to the outer and inner lines of the steel plate, and thus when the cushion heel is applied to A metallic plate 1 fits snugly the shoe, and the shoe is in use, the nails 12 may have slight longitudinal movement through the plate 41, when the insert'l is compressed. Top lifts 15 are applied to the lower side of the lift 11 and are/secured in position thereon. by means of nailsor slugs: 16, which pass transversely through the said lifts. Nails 17 pass transversely through the'lifts 11 and through the insert 1, and through-holes 6 in the plate 4 and then into the heel seat 10 of the shoe and are clinched in said heel seat as best shown plate .4, the nails passing through the heel "seat and clinchedagainst the metallic base of the last. The lifts 15 are'thenapplied to the lift 11 and secured by means of thenails or slugs 16,. in thejusu'al manner; If desired, an implement of a suitable design (not shown), may be; provided for. driving all of the studs 12 home. at the same operation, inasmuch as the said implement forms no part of the present. inventionflt is not shown or otherwise described.

From the above description ftaken'in con- 111110131011 with the accompanying drawings, 1t

vid'ed, and thatthe parts mutually cooperate with each other to render ,theheel elastic by the use of the resilient insert 1, and the combined plenum openings thereof. Also the structure is of such nature that it may be easily and quickly applied to a'heel seat of a shoe. i

\ It is obvious thatthose skilled in the art may. vary the details of construction and arrangement ofparts without departing from the spirit of my invention: and 'therefore I donot wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

Having thus describedthe invention, what is claimed as new, is v 1. A cushion heelcomprising an insert of resilientmaterial provided at its upper side with a recess, a metallic plate located in the recess, saidi insert being providedat the.

bottom of the recess withpockets, a lift applied to the lower side of the insert, securing devices passing transversely through. the

plate at the ends of the pockets in the insert and adapted to enter the heel seat of a shoe,

and studs passingthrough the lift, the jinsert and the plate.

2. A cushion heel an insertof elastic material provided at its upper side arecess' having at the bdt t mpf; the recess pockets, ametallic plate adapted to fit snugly in the recess and bridge the pocketstherein wherebyplenums "of air are con-- .finedto'said pockets, a lift applied tothe lower side of the insert, sec'z'uring"devices v passing transversely through the plate at the ends, ofv the pockets in ,the insert and g .adapted to enter the heelseat of a shoe, and @will be seen'that a cushion or shock. absorber heel of simple and durable structureis prostuds passing transversely through the lift,

.the insert and the plate, and provided at their upper ends with enlarged headswhich 

